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WIRE FENCE.

No. 359,604. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,604, dated March22, 1887.

Serial No. 204,557. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN F. HANNA, a bitizen of the United States,residing near Momence, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire Fences, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of wired fence having strands of wireconstructed into sections for erecting the fence, and the objects are toprovide an improvement in constructing lengthy wired sections,dispensing with end pieces, and substituting appropriate connections forthe wire ends of the sections attached to improved sectionposts thatassist in rapidly straining, erecting, and substantially sup porting thefence, possessing superior advantages in point of economy anddurability.

This invention, which is an improvement on the portable wire fence forwhich Letters Patent No. 343,171 in the United States were issued to meon June 8, 1886, consists in parts and details, as will be fully setforth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying in which similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Figure l is a perspective View of a portion of two ends of one wiredsection attached to fence. Fig. 2 represents the form of a detached knotas constructed for one end of the section-wires. Fig. 3 represents adetached oblong grip ring screw-bolt device for the other end of thesection. Fig. at represents a metal-braced section-post detached andstaked down on a foundation to the ground. Fig. 5 shows a section-spoolhaving fastenings connecting the grip-ring bolts and nuts of thesection.

My improvements have reference to lengthy wired sectionfences composedof barb, plain, or twisted wire strands of the same length and wood ormetal slats that can be stapled to or twisted between the wire strands,leaving the ends of the sections open for attaching appropriateconnections to each strand of wire by having knots formed on one end ofthe sectionwires, as represented detached in Fig. 2, by themethod ofloopingthe end of wire 0 around end L, pointing down and bending end Lof the other wire over the loop and end 0, then under and around thewire strands, pointing up and connecting the oblong open grip-ring boltdevice, as shown detached in Fig. 3, for the other end of the sectionwires by inserting the ends of the wire through the open ring, securelyclosing the said ring on the wire and bending the wire ends around thebolt in opposite directions, and then, as represented in Fig. 5,attaching the oblong grip-ring bolts and nuts of the section end to aspool composed of wood cross pieces and slats adapted for the purpose byhaving staple-eyes attached thereto, and keys for connecting said bolts,as shown, and rolling the entire section thus connected thereon forerecting the fence. This method of handling the lengthy sectionsprevents the wires from tangling, kinking, and looking, and thereforethe spools having fastenings are indispensable appendages in erectingsuch formed wired sections, and can be operated by any suitable devicefor rolling and unrolling, facilitating the building of the fence withspeed by attaching the outer ends of the wires of the section on thespool, each having knot-connections to a post, as hereinafter described.

The improved posts assistin erecting, strain- 8:) ing, and substantiallysupporting the fence, and each consists of a wooden upright having thecenter of metal link-band H bolted to the base of said upright, and twoshort diagonal metal braces, D D, having eyes formed on 8 5 their lowerends, riveted securely between the sides of said link-band, therebyforming a socket at each end of said band, as shown detached in Fig. 4,for two metal-ringed wooden stakes, S, which, when drivenin the ground,o serve to clamp the metal link-band H and braced post firmly on itsfoundation of stone to the ground.

The fence can be erected by the method shown in Fig. lby staking down tothe ground post A on a foundation and staying said post with a portablebrace, O, havingastayed arm,

F, bolted near the center of said brace, that is also staked to theground. The end of each wire strand having connection knots is \IOOclamped to post A separately by a tapering metal key inserted throughthe eyes of two staples driven the greater part of their length intosaid post, as plainly shown in Fig. 2,

thereby securing the knots that prevent the wire from twisting ormoving, and thus avoiding friction and wear, and also facilitating thedetaching of the knots for moving the fence. Then the section isunrolled from the spool on the line of ground for the fence, and thesection grip-ring bolts at the other ends of the section-wires aredetached from the spool and inserted through another similar post, B,and secured by threaded nuts. Then the post 13, in a vertical position,as shown in Fig. 1, is connected by two metal straining-hooks, P P,fitting the post, having a ring for attaching to any suitable stretchingdevice, by which the entire section can be strained at once to thedesired tension, and the post B staked down on its foundation to theground and braced by another portable brace in the same manner as post Auntil another section is connected to post B in like manner and strainedfrom asiniilar post. Then the second portable brace can be removed forstaying the last section-post. The wires of the section are regulated bythe threaded nuts of the gripring bolts to an even tension.

Intermediate posts of the same form can be set upon foundations andattached to the sectiou-wires between the connecting-posts A and B anydistance apart desired.

The improvement of providing section-connections in constructing thesection substituted in lieu of section end pieces for the wire ends thatare attached to improved posts for erecting and straining the entiresection at once is of superior advantage in point of economy, reducingthe bulk and weight of the sections, facilitating the erection of thefencewith speed, and substantially supporting the fence, that is welladaptedforaportable or a durable stationary wired section-fence.

I am aware thatimpro'veinenls in wire fences for straining the strandsof wire by screwbolts fitted on end posts and bolts that have perforatedheads for the wire to enter and form a loop over the bolt-head bytwisting around the wire strand have been represented here tofore. I donot wish to be understood as broadly claiming here the metal link-bandH, which I have previously represented in the pat ent referred to, northe device of the oblong grip-ring screw-bolt, nor the staple and keyconnection for fence-wires; but I hereto have shown said devices appliedas a useful auxiliary for fastening the connections of wiredsection-fence. Therefore,

XVhat I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In combination with post A, provided with staples arranged in pairs,and securingkeys, the fence-section, the ends of the wires of which arepassed between the staples of post A and are united and secured theretoby the wire knots and said keys, as shown and described, the post B,having perforations, and the grip-bolts secured to the section-wires,having threaded shanks passed through said post and held in position,substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with post A, metal link H, attached to the basethereof, and braces D D, secured to said post at their tops and havingeyes formed on their lower ends for the reception of the rivets,securing them between the sides of the link-band, whereby a socket isformed at each end of said band, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN F. HANNA. Witnesses:

Gno. W. RICE, HENRY S. HANNA.

